DIRECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 1 03 



white beneath broadly streaked with brown. Eggs, seldom 

 spotted. Breeds from northern N. E. northward passing south 

 In Nov. to winter from the Middle States northward ; north in 

 April. Sometimes common in Mass. 



D. BUZZARD HAWKS. Buteonidae. 



Rather large hawks, with quite long but rounded wings 

 and not long tails, which often sail in circles high in air ; form, 

 robust; nests, in trees; eggs, spotted. 



a. Naked-legged Hawks, Buteo. 



Tarsus, not feathered to the toes in front. 



1. RED-TAILED HAWK, B. BORKALIS. Male, tail, 

 long, fig. 200; 20.00; female, 23.00; brown above; tail, cinna- 

 mon, white at base and with subterminal band of black ; white 

 beneath, streaks on throat and in band on breast and across 

 middle of body. Young, with tail paler and having twelve or 

 more dusky bands. Breeds throughout eastern N. A. north 

 to about northern Labrador ; feet, stout : four outer primaries, 

 incised on inner webs. Note, a wheezy scream. 



1*. KRIDER'S HAWK, B. B. KRIDERII. Lighter above 

 than 1, no terminal band on tail, few or no terminal spots be- 

 neath. Plains of the IT. S. from the Dakotas and Wyoming 

 to Minn, south to Texas; casual in Wis. and 111. 



Fig. 198. Fig. 200. Fig. 201. 



C, a, 2. 1-10. S, D, a, 1. 1-10. S, D, a, 4. 1-10, 



